· beene ino£h~xetci1ed,ai\d belhiequ.ainted witl1 trials, temptati-ons and'myfrerjesofthe htily WaJ, to fee if ihe can g~t any comfort, any new holJ, and hope by their counfdl,prayers,i"nfl:ruCl:ions,out oftheir owne Jam . ~. x 6. experier12e:(Fot in fuch cafe~, Gods Children may, and ought to confeffe their finnes, and Gods dealing With them,one ut1to another, and pray _one for another.)But !be finds nol1e,verf.z. ~ 3 .By going to the Mi- - 3. Thirdly, She addretfes her felfe, .and. reforts to nifters. faitnfull Min.ifrers , Gods publike Agents in the Church, about the affaires of Heaven and ·Salvat ion ofSoules; to receive from them fome light,and dire6l:ion to regain~ her Love: But it will not yet be, ., yerf.;. No comfort comes by:-all, or any of thefe . meanes: No reeling of Gods fllv--our, and former pe\}ce,for all this various and follicitous feeking, and .purfuite. ForGbd may fometimes upon purpofe, reitrainehis quickning influence from the meanes; and recall, as it-\V ere, t-o theWell.:.head, thofe reffe4-bing R1 vers ofcomfort, w hieh ordiparily Eow tho- :.towhisowneholyOrdinances, as fo many ble{fed Conduits ofgracdnto humblehearts; That ~e may fetch themmore immediately from the Fountain, th~ boundles Sea ofall heavenly tre:1fures and true peace, and fowith more bumility ;fetrfe:offelfe-emptineffe, "" reverence, nhd pmife~fuh'le1fe:; -acknbwledge from whence we l1ave them. it. 'W'tU -btu~lf.ittle th~t I paffidfoomthem, faith"the deferted S'oul•,But I found him, :whom my (ou!-e /Qvetb, t~ff4. When M meanes wouldh:ing him, but tl1at She had--lY.lft-tlrordw tbe ufe and·eiercife·oftb'em all, and ~e would not bee (oaad,:.. .Hee·after at length, t-omesupon his1>w;n~eompafsionate accerd, and :il.. • hghteneth her darke ,, and difcenfolate frate, with the l.binii)g bcftmes of his . glorious prefence; and .fill-s her plentifuHy Wi¥h -fo.y ,.ilri6l 6el'eevi-n[, t.~gaitte : That fo, :aoufe, var{ety,~nd ,(:x;ceUency-ofmeanes,brrt · His
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